Pontiac teen arrested after threatening mother with axe

Pot flushed, axe wielded, son arrested

A 17-year-old Pontiac man is behind bars after threatening his mother with an axe when she flushed his marijuana plant down the toilet.

Deputies responded to a home in the 800 block of Blaine at about 12:54 p.m. Monday after the 36-year-old woman told dispatchers she had locked herself in the bathroom and her son was striking the door with an axe, Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe said in a statement.

When deputies arrived, the 17-year-old had left the scene. He was found one block away and arrested without incident. The woman was uninjured.

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— Staff writer Dustin Blitchok

INDEPENDENCE TWP.

Couple tied up during robbery

Detectives launched an investigation Sunday night after a local man and his wife were tied up and robbed at their home. Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched just after 9 p.m. to the 6000 block of Mary Sue Street after the homeowner, 69, called to report the robbery. When officers arrived, the man and his wife, 66, said two men armed with handguns who were wearing dark clothes broke into their home, tied them up with tape and demanded money. They turned over the cash they had and the suspects left in a black SUV, the homeowner told authorities. Deputies searched the area, but couldn’t spot the vehicle. Forensics officers were called to get fingerprints at the scene, and the case remains open.

ORION TWP.

Man shot with rubber pellets

A 26-year-old Westland man was hospitalized early Sunday after being shot at with rubber pellets, Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe said in a statement. Officers came to the McLaren clinic in Oxford to talk to the man, who said he met people Saturday night and went to a bonfire at a home hear the Indianwood Golf Course. After some attendees started firing shotguns with rubber bullets at targets, the 26-year-old was hit in the back of his leg, he said. The man told deputies he didn’t know the names of the people at the home or who shot him, but further investigation revealed the Westland man was wearing a bulletproof vest and allowed himself to be shot at, authorities said. The investigation is ongoing.

PONTIAC

Man shot in foot, no suspects yet

A Sunday shooting that occurred near Whittemore and Seward streets on Pontiac’s southeast side is under investigation. Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies responded to St. Joseph Mercy Oakland at about 10:30 p.m. Sunday, where a 21-year-old Pontiac man who had been shot in the foot was a patient. The man’s girlfriend told deputies he walked to the store and took a long time to come back. When she searched for him, she heard calls for help and found him in the street with a bullet wound. She found him on the street with the bullet wound after he went to the store and didn’t return. The scene of the shooting hasn’t been located.